LaunchPass

LaunchPass is a Frontend and fork of RetroPass it is a highly customisable Frontend for Xbox One/Series Consoles for use with UWP Retro Gaming Emulators.

This is made specifically for Xbox Consoles and hopefully will give users enough customisation options to make it feel their own.

Usage

Check out our Wiki for setup and usage intructions

Limitations

• Xbox Only
• Optimized for Gamepad Only
• Zipped content supported only if RetroArch, Retrix Gold or other supported cores/emulators support compressed archive format.
• No Automatic Scrapper, you must use LaunchBox. for Setup (More Info Below)
• EmulationStation support is discontinued sorry!
• Video Background can cause lag in some-instances due to UWP limitations, we recommend 1080p resolutions and use a Image for the Game Details to reduce how many video play at the same time. (Series X may fair better in this regard)

Installation

1. Download latest LaunchPass.
2. Connect to Xbox through Xbox Device portal and install:
   • LaunchPass_x.y.z.0_x64.appxbundle
   • The 3 appx dependencies in Dependencies.zip or Dependencies.7z.
3. Installation is finished. Proceed to and Follow Setup Guide!

Build from source

1. Install Visual Studio 2019
2. Get the latest source code from Main/Dev branch or release
3. Open RetroPass.sln
4. Under Package.appxmanifest -> Packing, create and choose a different Certificate if needed.
5. Set Configuration to Release
6. Set Platform to x64
7. Project -> Publish -> Create App Packages...
8. Choose Sideloading, turn off Enable automatic updates
9. Yes, select a certificate or Yes, use the current certificate
10. Under Architecture check only x64
11. Package is built and ready to install.
12. Optionally, for smaller package size, it is safe to delete:
    • Add-AppDevPackage.resources
    • Dependencies\arm
    • Dependencies\arm64
    • Dependencies\x86
    • TelemetryDependencies
    • Add-AppDevPackage.ps1
    • Install.ps1

Licence

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This work is licensed under a General Public 2.0 License.

Feel free to make pull requests or even fork the repository and develop the app to your liking, but please keep branding, and licence agreement intact, give credit where it is due people worked hard to bring you this.